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nounthe use of a computer to process data or perform calculations. the act of calculating or reckoning. Origin of computingFirst recorded in 1640–50; compute + -ing1 Words nearby computingcomputerphobe, computer science, computer typesetting, computer virus, computer vision, computing, Comr., comrade, comrade in arms, comradely, Comrades Marathon Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for computingIn his 1950 paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence,” Turing asked, “Can machines think?” The AI That Wasn’t: Why ‘Eugene Goostman’ Didn’t Pass the Turing Test|Elizabeth Lopatto|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Augmented reality has been a staple of science fiction since the dawn of computing. Augmented Reality System Goes From Military to Market|Rose Eveleth|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST A look at what to expect in telecom and computing for the coming year. Top 10 Predictions for Technology in 2014|Mark Anderson|December 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST The accelerating power of computing processing underlies much of the progress. Big Idea: The Time for Divided Nations Is Over|Ian Goldin|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Sure, it's a billion times more than the first computer had, but it's still not much more than the computing power of a hamster. The Robots Are Coming!|Justin Green|May 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST So he's a pretty good rule-of-thumb astrogator, too, and we're computing every element of the flight. Subspace Survivors|E. E. Smith He tried to visualize the computing circuits needed for the operation of its tracking mechanism alone. Survival Tactics|Al Sevcik There is no computing the suffering of children in these respects. Folly as It Flies|Fanny Fern There were all the references he would need for computing orbit, speed, and just about anything else that might be required. Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet|Harold Leland Goodwin "Doctor Stevens is computing us and has full control of course and acceleration," replied Breckenridge. Spacehounds of IPC|Edward Elmer Smith
British Dictionary definitions for computing
nounthe activity of using computers and writing programs for them the study of computers and their implications adjectiveof or relating to computerscomputing skills Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to computinggauge, figure out, count, tote, figure, reckon, sum, tally, tot, enumerate, rate, cipher, measure, total, run down, add up, cast up, count noses, cut ice, dope out |